Hagel says that, regardless of the U.S occupation, only Iraq could determine the outcome of the current violence there. (Will the drums for leaving Iraq become deafening _before_ the November elections?)

The Marine officer who commanded the battalion involved in the Haditha killings last November did not consider the deaths of 24 Iraqis, many of them women and children, unusual and did not initiate an inquiry, according to a sworn statement he gave t

Scores of Kurds have fled their homes in the northern frontier region after four days of shelling by the Iranian army. Local officials said Turkey had also fired a number of shells into Iraqi territory.

A high-level military investigation into the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha last November has uncovered instances in which American marines involved in the episode appear to have destroyed or withheld evidence, according to two Defense Department o

Turkey and Iran have dispatched tanks, artillery and thousands of troops to their frontiers with Iraq during the past few weeks in what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the activities of Kurdish rebel bases.

Of particular concern for the generals was increased saber rattling between Washington and Tehran over the development of an Iranian nuclear program, arguing the Bush Administration's invasion of Iraq is partially responsible for Iran's drive

Israel wants the Turkish military to impose an air and ground embargo to prevent Iran using Turkish territory to send arms to resupply Hezbollah, a senior Israeli security source said on Thursday. (So, lets get the European nations to do the same)

The military has charged a U.S. Marine Corps officer with assaulting three Iraqi civilians in April, accusing him of beating and choking them and placing a pistol in one victim's mouth, the Marines said.

In the dusty plains of western Iraq, al-Qaida is gaining strength. Daily attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces are on the rise, and there is little sign of progress in persuading the population to support the national government. U.S. commanders ackn

President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support for the American mission, par

Seeking to counter the White House's depiction of its Middle East policies as crucial to the prevention of terrorist attacks at home, 21 former generals, diplomats and national security officials argue the administration's "hard l

In 2004, an American soldier stationed at Abu Ghraib handed a CD full of incriminating photographs to the Army Criminal Investigation Division. The soldier's name was Joe Darby. For this act of courage, he was vilified by his fellow soldiers, his

Iran will hit Tel Aviv with its medium-range missiles if attacked. Iran's Shahab-3 missiles with a range of 1,240 miles, are capable of hitting Israel as well as U.S. military bases in the Gulf. This was a disgraceful defeat for America and the Z

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hailed Hezbollah in its fight against
Israel, describing resistance against the "enemy" as legitimate. "I say to all those who accuse Syria of taking the side of the resistance that this is, for the Sy

Arab commentators welcomed the fragile calm between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas but said they feared a UN-brokered truce would not keep the guns silent for long. "The war in Lebanon may stop, but I doubt it, for never in history has Israel r

[Moonies] It is an "open secret" in Washington US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld "wants to extricate himself from Iraq" but President George W. Bush "remains resolute," thus the US hangs on, a US investigative reporte

All that is required is for each of us to put the faces of our children and grandchildren alongside the image of the state and ask ourselves: which am I prepared to sacrifice for the sake of the other?

We've tried it the War Party's way for about 5 years now, and, with the newest suicide bomb plot, at long last the ridiculous lies that our enemies are a finite number of "Islamic fascists" who hate us for our freedom has finally fi

Army officials said they recalled just 1 other time during the 3-year-long Iraq war when the Pentagon so quickly recalled soldiers who had served a year on the battlefront and gotten home. No assurances the unit's stay will not be extended again.

Look ... what we ought to be doing is fighting the war on terror in a serious way. I think we've gotten a little bit complacent, to tell you the truth. Maybe we've had a wake-up call in the last couple of days."